| Nov. 23 - 24, 2006 | Mr. Okada, Mr. Nakagawa, Mr. Takamura, and Ms. Funabashi will attend the
Asia pacific IP forum in Hong Kong and host the Japan session. |
| Oct. 30, 2006 | Mr. Asakura has talked a little more about "Design Protection in Japan" at the workshop in the firm. [PDF file : 473KB] |
| Oct. 30, 2006 | Mr. Asakura contributed an article to the latest issue of The asianlaw IP Review. Also, a short column of KYOWA appears in this magazine. [PDF file : 388KB] |
| Sep. 29, 2006 | The meetings of APAA in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. |
| Sep. 29, 2006 | The 40th world intellectual property congress of AIPPI in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| Sep. 12, 2006 | Mr. Kurose contributed an article to the latest issue of a Chinese magazine "Electronics Intellectual Property". The article is concerned with a comparison of Chinese and japanese practices for defendant's plea when invalidating patents. [PDF file : 858KB] |
| Aug. 14, 2006 | Mr. Yazaki has talked a little more about "Partial Design System in Japan" at a meeting in the firm. |
| Aug. 10, 2006 | The japanese patent office announced that the full amount of the requesting examination fee is refunded as of August 9, 2006. |
| Apr. 29, 2006 | Mr. Kurose has been presented with the cultural medal with yellow ribbon
which is officially given to a person exercising diligence in its duties
as a patent attorney. |
| Apr. 28, 2006 | INTA meeting in Toronto. |
| Apr. 28, 2006 | Mr. Katsunuma and Mr. Takamura contributed an article to the latest issue of The asianlaw IP Review. Also, a short column of KYOWA appears in this magazine. [PDF file : 2.67MB] |
| Jan. 31, 2006 | Mr. Konno contributed an article to the latest issue of The asianlaw IP Review. Also, a short column of KYOWA appears in this magazine. [PDF file : 604KB] |